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A Comprehensive Review Of Food Safety Culture In The Food Industry: Leadership, Organizational Commitment, And Multicultural Dynamics, Ashwini Sadashiv Pai, Swarna Jaiswal, Amit K. Jaiswal

Articles

Food safety culture (FSC) has transitioned from a narrow compliance-based concept to a comprehensive organisational value that is essential for ensuring food safety. This review explores the pivotal roles of leadership, organisational commitment, and cultural diversity in shaping an effective FSC. It highlights how leadership style, particularly transformational leadership, can enhance employee engagement and foster a proactive safety culture. Additionally, the impact of national and organisational cultures on FSC is analysed, emphasising the challenges posed by a multicultural workforce in standardising food safety practices. This article also provides a comparative analysis of FSC across various sectors, such as meat and …

Effective Strategies For International Phd Applications, Srinivas Sulugodu Ramachandra, Shelly Arora, Vijay Kumar

Health Professions Education

Introduction: This article introduces a fresh perspective on the digital and communication challenges faced by international PhD applicants. This article focuses on issues such as digital literacy, email etiquette, and communication barriers, offering practical strategies to help applicants effectively navigate online applications and remote interactions with supervisors and Graduate Research Schools. This article provides insights for international doctoral applicants in navigating the complex process of approaching potential supervisors and applying to PhD programs at top-ranking international universities.

Methods: The availability of limited number of positions, supervisors and funding opportunities compared to the number of applicants makes the competition …

Me-Em Enewsbrief, December 2023, Department Of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics, Michigan Technological University

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering eNewsBrief

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Biom 1720: Introduction To Biomedical Engineering Tools, Stephen Strain

Biomedical Engineering Syllabi Archive

Course Description: Use of computer tools for data analysis, presentation, documentation; introduction to programming; individual and group design projects.

Biom 3110: Medical Physiology (Syllabus), Bradford D. Pendley

Biomedical Engineering Syllabi Archive

Course Description: Basic principles of human physiology and how these are applied in medicine and biomedical engineering problem and devices; physiological principles using appropriate mathematical and engineering models to construct an understanding of how the body works as an integrated system.

Facebook Marketplace: The Mediating Effect Of Perceived Quality To Image Quality And Purchase Intention, Tyron W. Yap

DLSU Business & Economics Review

With the limitations posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, marketers and sellers have shifted to using online platforms to market and sell their products. Thus, the objective of this study is to test the influence of the quality of food images used online on the perceived quality of the food product and on customers’ intent to purchase. Partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) was used to test four hypotheses. Results suggest that food image quality significantly influences perceived value, perceived value significantly influences purchase intention, and food image quality significantly influences purchase intention. Further, it was revealed that perceived quality …

Introducing Business School Research And Positive Impact, Howard Thomas

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Typically, there are three main priorities, and dimensions, which interact with each other as business schools frame their visions and missions of enhancing management knowledge and producing distinctive management theories and insights. First, the processes of knowledge generation and development to produce high quality, often multi-disciplinary research outputs involving academic faculty, doctoral students and ‘tri-sector’ participants. Second, knowledge dissemination in teaching and learning activities enabling the growth of quality education at undergraduate and postgraduate levels and thus contributing to student intellectual growth and societal socio-economic development and advancement. Third, knowledge transfer through ‘tri-sector’ collaboration, engagement and practice enhancements that is …

Gamma Sigma Delta, Nebraska Chapter Newsletter, Issue #63 January 2024

Gamma Sigma Delta, Nebraska Chapter: Newsletters

President's message, Paul E. Read

Gamma Sigma Delta committees 2024

2022 chapter awards: The Honor Society of Agriculture, Gamma Sigma Delta

New members inducted

Annual dues notice, Robert J. Wright, membership Coordinator

Membership list

Membership renewal form

Gamma Sigma Delta, Nebraska Chapter Outstanding Graduate & Undergraduate Student Award Fund

In memoriam: Dennis Lee Kahl (February 8, 1950-August 12, 2020); Col. Warder L. Shires (March 23, 1932-March 6, 2021); Dr. Leland "Lee" Julius Albert Volker (October 24, 1942-March 11, 2022); Richard "Dick" Dam (September 17, 1929-September 17, 2022); John W. Doran (November 12, 1945-November 30, 2022); Donald H. Steinegger (January 1, …

The Plagiary Of The Daughters Of The Lamanites, Alan Goff

Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship

Repetition is a feature of all ancient Hebraic narrative. Modern readers may misunderstand this quality of biblical and Book of Mormon narrative. Biblical and Book of Mormon writers believed that history repeated, with what happened to the ancestors happening again to their posterity. Fawn Brodie and her acolytes misapprehend Book of Mormon narrative when—instead of at least provisionally granting that God might exist, can intervene in history, and tenaciously reenacts events from the past while the recorders of such repeated stories firmly believed in the historical reality of the narratives they recounted—they attribute such repeated stories to Joseph Smith’s imputed …

Declared Guiltless Justification By Faith In The Latter-Day Saint Classroom, Stephan Taeger

Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel

Religious educators can face unique challenges when teaching the doctrine of grace. Some students struggle with excessive guilt and do not think they are doing enough to live the gospel. Others think that grace somehow excuses their sins. Helping students better grasp the doctrine of justification by faith can help them feel peace with God while inspiring them to be more faithful disciples of Jesus Christ. This article uses the words of scripture, modern prophets, and trusted scholars to clarify this doctrine and discusses how understanding it removes guilt and inspires obedience to God’s commandments. The concluding section provides practical …

Seminaries And Institutes Reach And Impact Update, Chad H. Webb

Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel

This article highlights efforts of Seminaries and Institutes instructors to support youth and young adults worldwide. It addresses concerns about previously declining institute enrollments, sharing strategies implemented to mitigate and reverse the trend. Feedback from focus groups emphasized the need for relevance, belonging, accessibility, and deepened conversion to Jesus Christ. As a result, initiatives such as workshops, new classes, and online options have been implemented. Notably, institute enrollments have increased by 20 percent, and seminary enrollment has also grown, with the programs adding over 126,000 students in the last three years. It emphasized the need for continual innovation, grounded in …

Addressing The Crisis In Meaning And Identity Through Covenant Relationship, Jenet Jacob Erickson

Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel

Our youth are experiencing a profound hunger for connection, evidenced by an epidemic of loneliness and increasing mental health challenges despite the seeming connectivity of a world swimming in social media. The deepest loneliness stems from disruption and disorder in family life, including ruptured or never formed family relationships. In answer to this relational fracturing, the gospel of Jesus Christ offers covenant belonging and connection. The revealed understanding of the nature of our covenant relationship with Jesus Christ and his work in enabling eternal bonds within the family and across the entire eternal family is at the heart of helping …

Healing From Toxic Perfectionism, Debra Theobald Mcclendon

BYU Studies

Perfect is the enemy of good.” This phrase is derived from a French proverb, yet it is most often attributed to the famous French writer Voltaire. It observes that those striving for perfection are their own worst enemies.1 Indeed, perfectionism is overly demanding of those who struggle with it. With its irrational and impossible demands, perfectionism can cause anxiety, create high levels of distress that inhibit learning and performance, damage relationships, and diminish the quality of life for otherwise highly competent and dedicated individuals. Perfectionism can be the main problem that leads someone to seek therapeutic services from a mental …

Perfectionism’S Influence On Adolescent Mental Health, Mark D. Ogletree

BYU Studies

Years ago, I was sitting in my counseling practice with a sixteen-year- old young man. He was a great teenager with many positive qualities. However, on this particular summer day, he came in a somber mood. I asked him what was bothering him. He began to share some of his problems with me. In my opinion, none were out of the ordinary. Nevertheless, I could see his lips begin to quiver, and then he broke down in tears. When he could compose himself, he uttered, “I know that God hates me.” And with that declaration, I knew that we had …

A New Day For Environmental Justice At The U.S. Epa, Clifford Villa

Faculty Scholarship

September 24, 2022, was a big day in the history of the EPA. On this day, EPA Administrator Michael Regan signed an order creating a new Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights (“OEJECR”) within the EPA. We’re very excited about our new office of environmental justice at the EPA. However, the EPA takes environmental justice seriously across all the offices, including my own Office of Land and Emergency Management (“OLEM”).

In this lecture, we will begin with some early history of environmental justice, how we realized the existence of environmental injustice in the first place. Then we’ll talk …

Standing In The Way Of Environmental Justice, Lauren Cormany

Utah Law Review

Private citizens need an avenue for justice through the judicial system on the siting of hazardous facilities. The health impacts of exposure to toxic facilities—like cancer, respiratory illnesses, and birth defects—are severe and victims deserve their day in court. While initiatives by government agencies and grassroots organizations provide influential roads to improvement, the judiciary stands to only bolster the efficacy of the work in the environmental justice field. The most effective way to include the courts is through the legislature creating a cause of action targeting the issues that communities face. Solutions to the issue of citizen standing in challenging …

Identify The Main Problems In The Manufacture For Cementing Lenses And Methods Of Treatment Practically, Mundher Sameen Shuker

Hilla University College Journal For Medical Science

Background: cementing lenses is consist of different types of lenses made up of two or more simple lenses paired together to reduce and eliminate all types of aberration to obtain the best image. Objectives: The aim of this study was to solve the problem that occurs in the process of gluing the lenses or in fixing the double lens to the frame, as well as reducing the jumping (J). Material and Methods: 100 cases were selected from patients who wear different types of glasses by virtue of age or according to the patient's need and who attend the educational clinic …

Blood Lead Level And School Violence Among Male Secondary School Students In A-Kut City Center/ Wasit Province, Isam Salim Ismaiel, Khalida Abdul-Sattar, Hasan Alwan Baiee

Hilla University College Journal For Medical Science

Background: Toxic level of blood lead among schoolchildren was associated with violent behavior and may lead to delinquencies and truancy as well as low social skills and poor school performance.

Objective: to assess blood lead level among sample of students in secondary schools in Kut City and determining its relation to violent behavior.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out targeting students in three secondary schools in Kut City/Iraq. A convenience sample of 54 students were selected where; (27 violent students and 27 non-violent students) according to certain reference criteria.

Results: This study shows that 74% of our students had …

Potential Anti-Parkinsonian Activity Of Gastrodia Elata: The Principle Of Antioxidant Qualities In A Rat Model, Marwa S. Mahdy, Reyadh H. Al-Mosawi, Samir S. Hammoud

Hilla University College Journal For Medical Science

Background: Parkinson’s disease is a progressive, incurable, and the second most common neurological disorder resulting in the localized destruction of dopaminergic neurons in the pars compacta (PC) of the midbrain.

Objectives: Our study aimed to examine the antioxidant effect of Gastrodia elata on brain tissues of PD animal models depending on results obtained from previous investigations.

Materials and Methods: 40 Wistar adult male rats weighing 200-300mg were placed into 5 separate groups at random, with 8 rats in each group. The course of the study was a 21-day behavioral test carried out on day 21 using an open-field device. Decapitation …

Evaluation Of Foot And Mouth Disease (Coxsackie Virus) Infections Among Sheep, Goats And Humans In Baquba District/Diyala Iraq, Safa Ibrahim Jaber

Hilla University College Journal For Medical Science

Foot-and-mouth disease (Coxsackievirus) is a serious infection that affects animals such as sheep, goats, and cattle. The study was conducted from 1^st February to 1^st July 2024 / in Baquba district. The results showed that the prevalence rate of Coxsackievirus infections was the highest 11 (73.3) in the age group (1-9) years. The Anti-Human Coxsackievirus IgM showed a variance value of (52.315) with highly significant changes (P<0.01). The Anti-Human Coxsackievirus IgG showed a variance value of (20.603) with highly significant change (P<0.01). The Anti-Sheep Coxsackievirus IgM showed a variance value of (29.687) with highly significant changes (P<0.01). The Anti-sheep Coxsackievirus IgG showed a variance value of (39.479) with highly significant change (P<0.01). Furthermore, the Anti-Goat Coxsackievirus IgM showed a variance value of (21.429) with highly significant change (P<0.01), and the Anti-Goat Coxsackievirus IgG showed a variance value of (26.613) with highly significant change. The results also showed a weak negative correlation (r=1, -.011, .142) between the human Coxsackievirus and (sheep, goat) Coxsackievirus type in regard to IgM levels respectively, and these correlations were non-significant (p= 0,.507, .954) respectively. The results of this study reported a weak positive correlation (r=.126, .310, -.014 ) between the levels of Human-IgG Coxsackievirus and (Sheep, Goats) IgG respectively (P=..507, .954, .940), with statistically non-significant differences. The Anti-Cattle Coxsackievirus IgM concentration was 0.0% and Specificity 43.3% at a Cut-off <1.62, but he Anti- sheep concentration IgG was 0.0% and Specificity 43.3% in Cut-off <0.96. In addition, the Anti- Goat Coxsackievirus IgM concentration was 0.0% and Specificity 36.7% at Cut-off <1.22, and the Anti- Goat concentration IgG concentration was 0.0% and Specificity 10.0% at a Cut off <0.61.

Free Speech Is Incomplete? Big Tech In A Distant Mirror, Jan Polański

Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies

In 1961, Alexander Meiklejohn claimed that the First Amendment, the US provision guaranteeing free speech, is an absolute. Echoing this in the context of the rise of fake news, Tim Wu has recently asked whether the First Amendment might have become obsolete. Yet, with the growing power of Big Tech, concerns are also voiced that their impact on free speech may go too far. However, there is tension here: on the one hand, the unprecedented role of Big Tech provides incentives for regulation; on the other, free speech is such a sensitive subject that there are reasons for limiting government …

Public Value And The Compatibility Of State Aid To Public Service Broadcasters – The Hot Potato For The European Commission, Dionysios Pelekis, Małgorzata Kozak

Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies

This article explores the legal regime governing Public Service Broadcasters (PSBs), and the competences of the EU in regulating and overseeing them, from the perspective of State aid law and their compatibility with the internal market. First, the components of the legal framework are identified and analysed. Additionally, a substantive public value test is proposed and introduced, building on the available literature, decisional practice, and incorporating a legal construction of pluralism, derived from the available case law. Subsequently, the compatibility regime for PSBs is examined. The specific regime applicable to PSBs, and its constituent elements, are analysed, followed by an …

Training The Concept Of Innovate In Dolphins (Tursiops Truncatus) Is Both Creative And Cognitively Stimulating, Deirdre Yeater, Kathleen M. Dudzinski, Dawn Melzer, Andrew R. Magee, Michaela Robinett, Gonzalo Guerra, Kimberly Salazar, Terri Bolton, Heather Manitzas Hill

Psychology Faculty Publications

Creative or novel behaviors in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) can be indicators of flexible thinking and problem solving. Over 50 years ago, two rough-tooth dolphins demonstrated creative novel behaviors acquired through reinforcement training in human care. Since this novel training, a variety of species have been trained to respond to this conceptual cue. The current study assessed the creativity of 12 bottlenose dolphins (5 females, 7 males) housed at the Roatan Institute for Marine Sciences (RIMS) in Roatan, Honduras. Individual differences were found across four constructs measured for creativity: fluency, flexibility, elaboration, and originality. Variability in performance occurred across test …

Contributing Factors And Interventions For Increased Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection (Clabsi) Rates During The Covid-19 Pandemic: A Literature Review, Brittney Perry

Honors Undergraduate Theses

The purpose of this literature review is to determine the contributing factors of CLABSI rate increases during the COVID-19 pandemic and identify interventions which restored CLABSI rates to pre-pandemic levels to guide healthcare professionals’ actions during the next pandemic. Background: In the first two decades of the 21^st century, CLABSI rates were reduced in United States hospitals by innovating safer patient care practices. However, there was a significant increase in the annual CLABSI rate in 2020 and 2021, increasing the average length of stay, mortality rate, and cost to the U.S. healthcare system. Methods: An extensive search of CINAHL …

Exploring Evidence-Based Intervention Methods In The Juvenile Justice System, Edgar J. Quinones-Gomez

Honors Undergraduate Theses

A large body of research has been devoted to understanding evidence-based interventions (EBI) and their effectiveness in the juvenile justice system. This systematic review examines three commonly used interventions used to reduce recidivism among adolescents involved in the juvenile justice system: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Functional Family Therapy (FFT), and Multisystemic Therapy (MST). The systematic review analyzes findings from prior studies evaluating the impact of CBT, FFT, and MST on recidivism among adjudicated youth. The sample includes 23 peer-reviewed studies that utilized samples of adjudicated youth in the United States and were published after 2010. Findings revealed CBT as the most …

Sars-Cov-2 Infection History Is Positively Correlated With Frequency Of Psychotic Symptoms In Schizophrenia, Jackson D. Beecher

Honors Undergraduate Theses

Previous work in human and animal studies has implicated aberrant insular cortex (IC) activity in the pathophysiology of hallucinations. Of note, the IC overlaps with the olfactory cortex (OC), a region of the brain that receives extensive projections from sensory neurons of the olfactory epithelium. SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) is a highly infectious coronavirus with a demonstrated ability to cause anosmia; the virus does this by colocalizing with and damaging support cells in the olfactory epithelium, ultimately leading to alterations in olfactory receptor cell signaling to the OC. Given the overlap between OC and IC, we asked the question of whether COVID-19 …

Predicting Willingness To Attain Telehealth Medical Treatment From Personality Variables, Maxwell J. Belshe

Honors Undergraduate Theses

The continued integration of technology into healthcare has made telehealth a vital resource. Yet, factors influencing individuals' willingness to seek telehealth treatment remain relatively underexplored. In this study, I examined the relationship between social media use, personal growth, environmental mastery, and social anxiety, as well as their relationship to college students’ willingness to utilize telehealth services. A sample of 402 participants was surveyed and a multiple regression analysis was conducted to assess these variables' abilities to predict willingness to use telehealth services. The model explained 10.6% of the variance in willingness to use telehealth with social media use and personal …

Insights Into The Heart Microstructure: A Case Study, Sarah Bulger

Honors Undergraduate Theses

This thesis focuses on better understanding the structures of the heart at the micro-scale. Cardiomyocytes and the branching of cardiomyocytes are of specific interest. A literature review was performed to extract key information on cardiomyocyte size, the branching type and frequency of cardiomyocytes, and cardiomyocytes' organization in general. The purpose of conducting the literature review was to find quantifiable data on the micro-structure of the heart. Three studies in particular provided data on the branching of cardiomyocytes. Two of these studies were conducted on rat hearts, while one other study was conducted on human hearts. The methods and terminology between …

A Tale Of Two Sams: Effective Altruism’S Threat To The Security Of Emerging Technology, Mackenzie Young

SMU Science and Technology Law Review

Since the onset of scientific innovation, the character and charisma of the inventors and scientists behind emerging technologies have been a centerpiece of focus. However, in light of the driving forces behind innovation—especially the global need to “get ahead” of competitors—few are willing to inquire into the sincerity of held belief. From the ouster of Sam Altman as CEO of OpenAI to the criminal conviction of cryptocurrency mogul Sam Bankman-Fried, the philosophy of “effective altruism” has taken over the minds, hearts, and pocketbooks of Silicon Valley.

This Comment evaluates the origins of the Effective Altruism movement and argues that its …

The Problem Of Teaching The Science Of Climate Change: A Call For Critical Thinking In Teacher Education And Professional Development, Isidoro Talavera

All Faculty and Staff Scholarship

This article discusses how to teach the science of climate change as a call for introducing critical thinking in science teacher education programs and professional development. It can be argued that to get a science student to develop his/her critical thinking skills to think outside the box, teachers must work to overcome the student’s and their own dogmatic beliefs, hardened biases, and motivated and/or distorted reasoning. The article shows how teacher education programs and professional development providers should change their methods and strategies by providing a framework to overcome the key elements of the problem of teaching the science of …